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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

HARVEY GILES, OF SOUTH BOUNDBROOK, AND JOHN G. FLEMING, OF NEWBOUNDBROOK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THE IDEAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OFNEW BOUNDBROOK, NEW JERSEY.

CASH REGISTER.

SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,864, dated July 9,1901.

Application filed September 18, 1900. Serial No. 30,408. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HARVEY GILES, a resi dent of South Boundbrook,andJOHN G. FLEM- ING, a resident of New Boundbrook, Somerset 5 county, NewJersey, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of which the following is-aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in cash-registers, and pertainsmore particularly to means, as hereinafter described, for indi-' catingthe amount of a sale. In accordance with a part of ourinvention weprovide means for indicating the amount of the sale, both at the frontand theback of the register-casing,

so that should the register be in a position between the customer andthe salesman both the customer and the salesman may observetheindication. In the embodiment of our invention presented in thisapplication weprovide two sets of indicators, one set being in the formof rotary cylinders or drums and the otherset beingin the form of rotarydisks, the said drums and disks being capable of simultaneous motion andthe drums being arranged to expose the indication at the front of thecash-register, while the disks are arranged to expose the indication atthe rear side of the register. -The register-casing is provided withwindow-openings at its front and rear sides, through which theindication may be observed when the indicating cylinders or drums andthe indicating-disks are in line with said Window-openings. In thearrangement of mechanism presented in this application the indicatingcylinders or drums and indicating-disks are capable of being movedvertically, and this part of the mechanism is provided in order thatafter one indication has been exposed and a subsequent sale is to bemade the said cylinders or drums and the said disks may upon themovement of any one of the hand setting-levers be permitted to descendto a position below the window-openings in the register-casing, so thatthe said indicating cylinders ordrums and the said disks shall be turnedby the operation of the hand setting-levers, when said cylinder or drumsand said disks are substantially concealed from both the customer andthe salesman. After the indicating cylinders or drums andindicating-disks have been rotated to the proper degree by the movementof the hand setting-levers the said cylinders or drums and said disksare through 5 5 the medium of an exposed operating crank handle, whicheffects the proper registration, elevated to a position in line with thewindow openings, thereby to expose the indication. After the indicatingcylinders or drums and 6c indicating-disks have been moved through theaction of the said exposed crank-handle to their upper position theywill there remain, exposing the indication until another sale has beeneffected and the hand setting-levers are again moved as a preliminarystep to the registration and indication of such subsequent sale. Theinvention is not in every instance ilimited to the provision of meansfor verti- 7o cally moving the indicating cylinders or drums andindicating-disks, since our inven= tion possesses novelty apart from themeans for effecting the raising and lowering of said indicatingcylinders or drums and said disks.

The invention consists in the novel features, combinations, andarrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

The invention and satisfactory means for carrying the same into effectwill be' fully understood from the detailed description hereinafterpresented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-"-Figure 1 is a rear elevation, partly broken away, of the interiormechanism of a cashregister constructed in accordance with and embodyingthe invention, the register-casing being omitted. Fig. 2 is a top viewof same, the register-casing being omitted. an enlarged verticallongitudinal section through a pair of the indicating-disks andconnected devices on the dotted line 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. at is a verticaltransverse section through a portion of the register on the 5 dottedline 4 i of Fig. 2 looking at the register mechanism from the rear andbeing partly broken away, the indicating-disks being denoted by dottedlines to illustrate their relation to the front indicating cylinders or100 Fig. 3 is drums. Fig. 5 is a central vertical longitudinal sectionthrough the register embracing our invention on the dotted line 5 5 ofFig. 2, the register-casingbeingin this figure illustrated. Figs. 6 and7 are detached views of one of the details of the register mechanism andwill be hereinafter referred to. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detachedperspective view of the framing for supporting and moving verticallywith the indicating cylinders or drums and indicating-disks; and Fig. 9is a vertical section, partly broken away, through a portion of theregister and is presented to show the relation of the pawls 78 to thetoothed bars 77 when the indicating cylinders or dru ms andindicating-disks are in their upper or exposure position.

We have omitted from the accompanying drawings all those portions of theregister which pertain to the registering and totalizing wheels and themeans for operating the same, since such devices are not made thesubject of this application, nor is this application limited to anyspecial means for registering and adding the amounts of the sales; butsuch portions of the register which have been omitted from theaccompanying drawings, as above mentioned, maybe readily understood byreference to the Letters Patent of the United States No. 640,825,granted to Ideal Cash Register Company on January 9, 1900, as assigneeof Elijah F. Spauldin The presentinvention is confined solely to theindicating mechanism, and therefore it will be unnecessary tospecifically describe any parts of the register not in operativerelation to or connected with the indicating means.

In the drawings, 15 designates the registercasing, which casing isusually mounted over a cash-drawer 16 and in the present instancecontains at the front and rear sides of its upper portion the front andrear window openings 17 18, through which the indication is to beexposed to the customer and salesman.

Within the register-casing 15 is mounted the operating or driving shaft19, having on one end, exterior to said casing 15, the operatingcrank-handle 20, of known form and construction.

Upon the operating-shaft 19 is freely mounted the series of handsetting-levers 21, which correspond with one another and are given thevarious customary movements along the vertical slots in the frontportion of the register-casing in accordance with the amount to be reistered and indicated. The hand setting-levers 21, with the exception ofthe crankarms 22 at their rear ends for connection with the indicatingdevices, are not novel in this application and are not claimed herein,and the movements of said levers 21 along the vertical slots in thefront of the register-casing are operations well known in this art.

The indicator cylinders or drums, Fig. 2, are designated by the numerals23, 24, 25, and 26, respectively, and in themselves are of known formand construction, each bearing the numerals from O to 9, inclusive, andrespectively representing units 01: cents, tens of cents, units ofdollars, and tens of dollars. The indicating cylinders or drums 23, 2st,25, and 26 expose at the proper time their indication through the irontwindow 17 in the register-casing.

The operating-shaft 19, crankhandle 20, setting'levers 21, andindicating cylinders or drums 23, 24, 25, and 26 are shown and dcscribedin said Letters Patent No. 6at0,825.

The indicating rotary disks, which coopcrate with the aforesaidindicating cylinders or drums, are designated, respectively, by thenumerals 27, 2S, 2!), and 30, Fig. 1, and these disks are directly atthe rear of the aforesaid indicating cylinders or drums and at theproper time expose their indication through the rear window 18 of theregistencasing.

The indicating cylinders or drums to 26, inclusive, and indicating-disk:27 to 30, inclusive, receive a simultaneous rotation from the handsetting-levers 21 through the medium of the intermediate mechanismhereinafter described. The first hand setting-lever 21 to the rightrepresents units 01' cents, and when this lever is moved it will effectthe simultaneous rotation of the units-of-cents indicating cylinder ordrum 23 and the unitsof-cents indicating-disk 27. lVhen the next ortens-'of'cents hand setting-lever21 is moved, it will effect thesimultaneous rotation of the tens of cents indicating cylinder or drum2% and the tensofcents indicatingdisk 28. When the units-oE-dollars handsetting-lever 21 is moyed, it will effect the simultaneous rotation ofthe units-of-dollars indicating cylinder or drum 25 and theunits-of-dollars indicating-disk 29, and when the tens-of-dollars handsetting-lever 21 is moved it will effect the simultaneous rotation ofthe tens-of-dollars indicating cylinder or drum 26 and thetens-of-dollars indicating-disk 30. The unitsof-cents and tens-ot-centsindicating cylinders or drums 23 and 2-1 are at the right-hand side ofthe front portion of the register and the units-of-cents andtensof-centsindicating-disks 27 and 28 are at the right-hand side of the rearportion of the register, and the units-of-dollars and tens-of-dollarsindicating cylinders or drums 25 and 26 are at the lefthand side of thefront portion of the register, while the inc'licating-disks 29 and 30for units of dollars and tens of dollars are at the lefthand side of therear portion of the register, and hence the numerals denoting theindication at both the front and rear sides of the register-casing readfrom left to rightand always denote corresponding amounts. Theindicating cylinders or drums and the indicating-disks receive theirrotary mot-ion to their predetermined positions, governed by the amountsof the sales from the hand setting-levers 21, while the vertical motionimparted to the said cylinders or drums and said disks to elevate thesame to a position in line with the window-openings 17 and 18 is causedby pulling the exposed operating crank-handle downward from the verticalposition in which it is shown in Fig. 4 to a horizontalposition in linewith the base of the cash-register. The downward motion of theindicating cylinders or drums and indicating-disks is effected bygravity when the parts connected with said cylinders or drums and disksare released by the movement of any one ofthe handlevers 21.

The hand setting levers 21 are loosely mounted on the main driving-shaft19, and hence the up-and-down movements of said levers 21 along theirslots in the front of the register-easing do not affect said shaft 19,and

likewise said shaft 19 may be rotated or turned by means of the exposedcrank-handle 20 when the latter is moved from its vertical position(shown in Fig. 4) to a horizontal position and then back to its verticalor normal position without affecting the handlevers 21.

The hand-levers 21 are each carried rearwardly beyond the maindriving-shaft 19, as shown in Fig. 5, to form the crank-arms 22,hereinbetore referred to, and to the rear ends of the crank-arms 22 arepivotally secured the vertical rack-bars 31, 32, 33, and 34, re-

' spectively, which rack-bars are respectively in engagement with thepinion-wheels 35, 36, 37, and 38, Fig. 2, connected with the indicatingcylinders or drums and with said indicating cylinders or drums mountedupon the shaft 39, carried by the vertically-movable frame and guided atits ends in the vertical grooves 41, provided in the stationary mainsupporting side frames 42 for the register mechanism. The indicatingcylinders or drums 23 to 26, inclusive, receive their rotary motion fromthe hand setting-levers 21 through the medium of the said racks 31 to34, inclusive, and pinion-Wheels 35 to 38, in-- elusive, each indicatingcylinder or drum being independently rotatable. The racks 31 to 34,inclusive, are maintained in constant mesh with the pinion-wheels 35 to38, inclusive, and are guided in their vertical movements by means ofthesaddles 43, which are. formed from pieces of sheet metal and areloosely mounted on the shaft 39. I The saddles 43 extend rearward] yfrom the shaft 39 and pass around the rear edges of the racks 31 to 34,inclusive. The saddles 43 serve to guide the rack-bars 31 to 34,inclusive, and to keep said bars in mesh with the pinionwheels 35 to 38,inclusive, and said saddles are loosely hung on the shaft 39 in orderthat during the vertical movement of the rackbars 31 to 34, inclusive,the said saddles may yield in a pivotal manner, so as to accommodatethemselves to the line of travel of the said rack-bars.

The rack-bars 31 to 34,inclusive, effect the rotation of the indicatingcylindersor drums 23 to 26, inclusive, but do not effect the rotation ofthe indicating-disks 27 to 30, inclusive, which disks are respectivelyrotated from the hand setting-levers 21 through the medium of the racks44, 45, 46, and 47, which racks respectively engage the pinion-wheels.48, 49, 50, and 51, Fig. 2, connected with said disks, the rack 44 andpinion-wheel 48 being actuated from the units-of-eents hand settinglever21 and utilized to rotate the units-ofcents indicating-disk 27, the rackand pinion-wheel 49 being actuated from the tens-ofcents handsetting-lever 21 and utilized to rotate the tens-of-centsindicating-disk 28, the rack 46 and gear-wheel 50 being actuated fromthe units-of-dollars hand setting-lever 21 and utilized to rotate theunits-of-dollars indicating-disk 29, and the rack 47 and gear- Wheel 51being actuatedfrom the tens-of-dollars hand setting-lever 21 andutilized to rotate the tens-of-dollars indicating-disk 30. V

The racks 44 to 47, inclusive, for operating the indicating-disks -27 to30, inclusive, are respectively connected at their lower ends with thelevers 52, 53, 54, and 55, all of which levers are mounted upon the studor shaft 56, and their ends opposite to the ends receiving the saidrack-bars being bifurcated, as de noted at 57, and receiving therearwardly-extending arms 58, connected with the lower ends of therack-bars 31 to 34, inclusive,

whereby the said levers 52, 53, 54, and 55 are I rendered operablesimultaneously with the rack-bars 44 to 47, inclusive, from the handsetting-levers 21. The unitsof-cents hand setting-lever 21 imparts avertical motion to the rack 31 for the units-of-cents cylinder or drum23, and at the same time through the rearwardly-ext'ending arm 58 turnsthe lever 52 on its pivotal support 56 and operates the rack-bar 44 torotate the units-of-cents indi cating-disk'27. The tens-of-centssetting-lever 21 moves the rack-bar 32 for the tens-ofcents indicatingcylinder or drum 24, and at the same time through itsrearwardly-extending arm 58 rocks the lever 53 to cause the rack-bar 45to actuate the tens-of-cents indicating-disk 28. The units-of-dollarshand setting-lever 21 operates the rack-bar 33 to rotate theunits-of-dollars indicating cylinder or drum 33, and at the same timethrough its rearwardly-extending arm 58 rocks the lever 54, so that thelatter may move the rack-bar 46 to rotate the units-of-dollarsindicatingdisk 29, and the tens-of-dollars setting-lever 21 moves therack-bar 34 to rotate the tensof-dollars indicating cylinder or drum 26,and at the same time through its rearwardly-extending arm 58 rocks thelever 55 to move the rack-bar 47 for the purpose of rotating the tens ofdollars indicating disk 30. Thus when any one hand setting-lever 21 ismoved it effects the 'proper rotation of its indicating cylinder or drumand its indicating cylinder or disk, and therefore it is plain that theindication may be exposed through the windowopenings 17 and 18,respectively, at the front and rear sides of the register'casing. Therack-bars 44 to 47, inclusive, are maintained in mesh with thepinion-wheels 48 to 51, in-

elusive, by means of the saddles 59, which correspond with the saddles4-3, hereinbefore referred to, and are pivotally swung from the shaftsfor the aforesaid indicating-disks. The indicating-disks must be capableof independent rotation, and hence, taking one bar of the disks,numbered 27 and 2S, forillustration and referring to Fig. 3 we connectthe pinion-wheel 49 with the tens-of-ceuts indicating-disk 28 and mountthis pinion-wheel.

49 and disk 28 loosely upon the sleeve 61, connected with thepinion-wheel 48, to which the units-of-cents indicating-disk 27 issecured and which is rotated by means of the aforesaid rack-bar 44. Theshafts or studs 60, upon which the pinion-wheels l8 and 49 andindicating-disks 27 and 28 are mounted, are carried by the frame 40aforesaid, which is simply a bent bar and, as before described, carriesthe shaft 39 for the indicating cylinders or drums. The bar 4:0 isutilized to carry the shafts 60 for the indicating-disks and the shaft39 for the indicating cylinders or drums simply for the reason that inthe construction presented the said disks and the said drums have, inaddition to their rotary motion, a Vertical movement, and since theshafts 60 and 39 are both carried by the frame 40 it is evident thatboth the indicating cylinders or drums and the indicating-disks may havea simultaneous vertical movement imparted to them by the meanshereinafter described. The indicating-disks 28 and 29 are sunk inward orconcaved throughout their central portions to snugly receive theindicatingdisks 27 and 30, this being for the purpose of causing theouter faces of said disks to present a plain flat surface, so that theindication thereon may be more readily and accurately read. Fig.illustrates the disk 27 as received within the sunken orconcavod portionof the disk 28.

In the foregoing description we have explained the means for operatingboth the indieating cylinders or drums and the indicating-disks from thehand setting-levers 21, and the arrangement of said indicating cylindersor drums and said disks and the means for operating the same from thehand setting-levers 21 constitute a part of our invention without regardto the vertical movement which may also be imparted to said indicatingcylinders or drums and said disks. WVe will now describe the means forimparting the vertical movement to said indicating cylinders or drumsand said indicating-disks, and the same constitute a part of ourinvention, although we do not limit the invention in every instance tothe employment of such means for effecting such vertical movement tosaid indicating cylinders or drums and said indicating-disks.

The frame 40 at its central portion is connected by a stirrup or bentbar 65, Fig. 8, with the vertical bar 66, which is adapted to haveavertical motion in the guiding-loop G7 and against the stationarguiding-bar 68.

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The upper horizontal end of the bar 66 passes frontward below the shaft39, as shown in Fig. 5, and has secured to it the sleeve 69, whichpasses around the upper side of the central portion of said shaft 39 andfurnishes a bearing for said shaft 39. The sleeve (59, while connectingthe bar 66 to the shaft, serves as a means for suspending the said bar66 and also for suspending the stirrup or bent bar and the frame 40, sothat all of said bars thus suspended may have a simultaneous verticalmotion.

It will be remembered that in the employment of the indicating devicesthe indicating cylinders or drums and the indicatingdisks are giventheir rotary motion while said devices are at their lower position belowthe horizontal plane of the window-openings 17 and 1S, and when saidindicating devices have been sufficiently rotated by the movement of thehand setting-levers 21 the said devices are elevated to a position inline with the window-openings l7 and 18, so as to ex pose theindication. The means for thus elevating the indicating devices comprisethe lever-arm 70, secured upon the operatingshaft 19 and adapted toengage, as shown in Fig. 5, a foot 71, formed on the lower end of thevertically-movable bar 60. When the lever-arm 70 and bar (36 are intheir lower position,(shown in Fig. 5,)the crank-handle 2Owillbein'itsverticalposition. (ShowninFi 4.) then the crank-handle 20 ispulled downward to a horizontal position, it will rotate the shaft 19and the latter will cause the lcver-arm 70 to push upward against thefoot 71 of the vertically-movable bar 66,and thereby through said bar66, bent bar or stirrup 65, frame 40, and shaft 39 effect the elevationof the indicating cylinders or drums and indicating-disks. lVhen the bar66 and the indicating cylinders or drums and indicating-disks have thusbeen moved to their upper position, they will be there held by means ofthe dog 72, whose upper end will at such time enter the recess 73,formed in the upper end of the bar 66, the elevation of the bar 66 bythe lever-arm 70 on the driv ing-shaft 19 carrying said recess 73 intoalinement with the upper engaging end of said dog 72. The dog 72 issecured to a rock-shaft 74 and has a yielding tension toward the shaft39, so that when the recess 73 reaches the upper end of the dog '72 thelatter will automatically enter said recess. hen the indicatingcylinders or drums and indieating-disks are in their lower position, asshown in Fig. 5, the upper end of the dog 72 is held rearward by meansof the inclined plate 75, which may be made integral with the metalcomprising the sleeve 69, surrounding the upper part of the shaft 39.The plate 75 inclines upward and rearward from the upper end of thevertically-movable bar 66, as shown in Fig. 5, and the upper end of thedog 72 rides against the rear surfaces of the said plate 75 during theup-and-down mo tions of the bar 66 with the indicating cylinders ordrums and indicating-disks. The exposed crank-handle is, in the usualoperation of the machine, pulled from its normal vertical position(shown in Fig. 4) to a horizontal position and then is moved back to itsnormal vertical position, and when the handle 20 is pulled downward to ahorizontal position the lever-arm 70 on the drivingshaft 19 elevates thebar 66 until the dog 72 engages the recess 73 in said bar, and thereuponthe exposed crank-handle 20 is returned to its upper normal verticalposition and the lever-arm 70,connected with the shaft 19, turnsdownward from the foot 71 of the said bar 66. The bar 66 does not,however, at such time return downward with the leverarm 70, but remainssupported by the dog 72, said bar 66 remaining thus in its upperposition, so as to insure the exposure of the indication through thewindows 17 and 18 until in the event of a subsequent sale it becomesnecessary to again have the indicating cylinders or drums andindicating-disks return to their lower position. The indicatingcylinders or drums and the indicating-disks will remain in their upperexposure position until the hand setting-levers 21 are again moved 7 inthe usual operation of the machine, and at this time the movement of anyone of said hand setting-levers 21 will result in the turning of therock-shaft 74 and dog 72 rearward, freeing the latter from the recess 73in the vertically-movable bar 66 and permittingsaid bar 66 and all theindicating devices to descend by gravity to the position in which theyare shown in Fig. 5.

Adjacent to the side of each rack-bar 31,

32, 33, and 34 and positively connected there-- with is provided atoothed vertical bar 77, and upon the rock-shaft 74 in line with thetoothed bars 77 are secured the pawls 78, whose upper ends are againstthe toothed bars 77. The engaging ends of the pawls 78 are beveled, soas to enter the teeth of the toothed bars 77 and to be capable of beingpushed rearward therefrom when said rackbars 77 ascend. There is onetoothed bar 77 secured to each of the rack-bars 31, 32, 33, and 34, andone pawl 78 is provided for each of said toothed bars 77, the pawls 78being rigidly secured to the roclcshaft 74. The

pawls 78 are given a spring tension towardthe toothed bars 77 by meansof a coiled spring 79, connected at one end with the lefthand pawl 78and at the other end to the adjacent stationary frame 42. The coiledspring 79 is of light tension and keeps the pawls 78 and the dog 72under a normal tension, drawing them toward the front of the machine.Since all of the pawls 78 and dog 72 are rigidly secured on therock-shaft 74 and since each of the rack-bars 31, 32,33, and 34 isequipped with one of the toothed bars 77 it is evident that upon motionbeing imparted to any one of the rack-bars 31, 32, 33, and 31 thetoothed bar 7 7 connected with the rack-bar moved will press the pawl 78, engaging the same slightly rearward as the teeth of the toothed barmoves against and pushes outward the upper end of the said pawl. Thisoutward movement imparted to any one of the pawls 78 will rock the shaft74 and move the dog-arm 72 rearward. When the indicating cylinders ordrums and indicating-disks are in their lower position, the pawl-arms 78and rock-shaft 74 do not perform any special function, and they do notinterfere with the rotation of the said indicating cylinders or drumsand indicating-disks from the hand setting-levers 21. l/Vhen, however,by means of the crank-handle 20, driving-shaft 19, and lever-arm the bar66 is pushed upward to elevate the indicating devices to a position inline with the window-openings 17 18, the upper engaging ends of thepawls 78, Fig. 9, will enter the teeth of the toothed bars 77 and allowthe upper end of the dog 72 to enter the recess 73 in the said bar 66and maintain-said bar and the parts connected therewith in theirelevated position. Vhen the indicating devices are thus held in theirupper position, it is for the purpose of exposing the indication or theamount of a sale. When, however, a further sale has been madefit will bedesirable that the indicating devices descend to their lower position,so that they may be rotated while substantially concealed, and to thisend the movement of any one of the hand setting-levers 21 will result inthe toothed bar 77 of the rack-bar connected with the lever 21 movedpressing the pawl 78 engaging the same rearward, and thereby rocking theshaft 74 sulficiently to carry the dog 72 from the recess 73 in the bar66, and at such time the bar 66, with the indicating devices connectedthere with, being left unsupported, will descend to the lower positionthereof. Thus all of the pawls 78 are operated by the movement of anyone of the levers 21, and hence should the indicating devices be intheir upper position and any one of the levers 21 be moved the dog 72will be released from the recess 73 in the bar 66 and the indicatingdevices will descend to their lower position. When the indicatingdevices are in their lower position, the upper end of the dog 72 is heldrearward by the inclined plate 75, secured at the upper end of the bar66, and while this dog 72 is thus held rearward it will hold the pawls78 clear of the teeth of the toothed bars 77, and hence during therotation of the indicating cylinders or drums while the latter are attheir lower position the toothed bars 77 will not rattle against thepoints of the pawls 78. In order to avoid lost motion and to render themovements of the vertical bar 66 and parts carried therewith uniform, aswell as to prevent undue momentum of parts, We provide, as shown in Fig.5, the light coiled springs80 81, the spring 80 being connected at itslower end to the foot 71 of the bar 66 and at its upper end to thestationary guide= loop 67, while the spring 81 is connected at IIO itslower end to the stationary guide-1001357 and atits upper end to thefront portion of the stirrup or bent bar 65, where the latter passes tothe front of the upper end of the vertical bar 66. IVhen the bar 66,with the indicating devices, moves upward, it will extend the spring 81and allow the spring 80 to contract, and when the bar 66 descends to itslower position the spring 80 will be extended and the spring 81 allowedto contract. to avoid lost motion, noise of moving parts, and to perfectand render uniform the moveend of the arm 58 and the other end of thespring being connected with a rigid part of the bifurcated end of thelever receiving said arm 58, and said spring 82 being under a lighttension in order to pull the end of the arm 58 toward a surface of thebifurcated end of its cooperating lever. In Fig. (3 we illustrate a rearview of a portion of the lever 53, while in Fig. 7 we illustrate an endviewof said lever 53, with the arm 58 and spring 82 shown in theirproper relation to one another and to said lever 53.

It is our purpose in the employment of the present invention to secureupon the rear ends of the shaft 61 for the indicating-disks a plate 83,as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, which plate 83 will have an elongatedhorizontal slot 84: in line with the center of the indicating-disks, andthrough which slot St the numerals indicating the amount of a sale willbe read. The slot 81 is between and in line with the rear ends of theshafts (30 and will only expose so much of the indicating-disks as maybe covered by one direct line of numerals at the adjacent centralportions of said disks. The said plate 83 conceals the interiormechanism of the register and confines the attention of the observer tothe special numerals exposed for indicating the amount of the sale.

In rear of the vertically-movable bar (56 and its stationary guide-bar68 is mounted the plate 85, containing a series of vertical slots 86,Fig. 1, through which the ends of the arms 58 project from the rack-bars31, 32, 33, and 34, the said plate 58 affording, as shown in Figs. 1 and5, an efficient support for bolt 56, upon which the levers 52, 53, 5 1,and 55 are mounted, and said slot-s 86 affording guides for the saidrearwaidly-projecting arms 58.

The operation of the various parts of the mechanism hereinbeforedescribed having been fully explained in connection with the descriptionof said parts, it is believed that a further statement of the operationis unnecessary. The indicating-cylinders and indicating-drums have asimultaneous rotation from the hand setting-levers 21, and said drumsexpose their indication through the In order also window 17, while thedisks expose their indication through the window 18. One indicating-drumand one disk will be rotated concurrently with the movement of each handsetting-lever 21, so that when, for illustration, the units-of-centshand-lever 21 is moved its movement will effect the simultaneousrotation of the units-of-cents indicating cylinder or drum 23 and theunits-of-cents indicatingdisk 27. Should the indicating cylinders ordrums and indicating-disks be simply rotatable and not verticallymovable, they should be disposed with due regard to the situation of thewindow-openings 17 and 18, and when said parts are arranged to be movedvertically they should when in their lower position be somewhat belowsaid win dew-openings 17 and 18. \Vhcn the vertically-movable bar 66 andthe indicating cylinders or drums and indi' eating-disks are moving totheir upper or exposure position, the hand setting-levers 21v and theracks 31, 32, and 3-1 and racks 1-1, 45, 1G, and 47 remain stationary,and hence since the pinion-wheels connected with the indicatingcylinders or drums and indicatingdisks are in mesh with said racks thesaid cylinders or drums and disks will rotate while traveling upward.The length of the upward movement of the said indicating cylinders ordrums and indicating-disks is such, however, that the said devices willperform one rotation during their upward travel, and hence the saidcylinders or drums and disks, when they arrive at their upper position,will expose at the window-openings 17 18 the identical numerals to whichsaid devices were set when in their lower position by the hand-1e vers21.

The levers 5 1 and 55 for operating the indicating-disks, whilesupported by the bolt 56, are, as shown in Fig. 5, immediately on thehubs of the lovers 52 and What we claim as ourinvention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash-register, the rotary indicatingdisks 27, 28, and 29, 30,each bearing numer als from O to 9 inclusive in the line of a circlealong the outer portions of its face, and said disks 27, 30, beingrespectively smaller in diameter than and disposed within the circle ofthe disks 28, 29, combined with the units-of-cents and te1'1s-of-centshand setting-levers 21 in line with the unitsof-dollars andtens-of-dollars indicating-disks 29, 30, intermediate connectingmechanism between said levers and the units-of-cents and tens-of-centsdisks 27, 28, for rotating the latter from the said levers, theunits-ole dollars and tens-of-dollars hand setting-levers 21 in linewith the units-of-cents and tens-of cents indicating-disks 27, 28, andinter1nediate connecting mechanism between said dollars-levers 21 andsaid disks 29, 30, for rotating the latter from the said dollars-levers;substantially as set forth.

2. In a cash-register, the rotary indicatingdisks 27, 28, and 29, 30,each bearing numerals from O to 9 inclusive in theline of a circle alongthe outer portions of its face, and said disks 27, 30, beingrespectively smaller in diameter than and disposed within the circle ofthe disks 28, 29, combined with the hand setting-levers, thepinion-wheels connected with the said disks, means intermediate saidhand-levers and said pinion-wheels for rotating the said wheels andtheir said disks from said hand-levers, the inclosing casing having thewindow-opening for the indication, and means for elevating said disks,after they have been rotated by said handvlevers, to said window-openingto expose the indication; substantially as set-forth.

3. In a cash-register, the rotary indicatingdisks 27, 28, and 29, 30,each bearing numerals from O to 9 inclusive in the line of a circlealong the outer portions of its face, and said disks 27, 30, beingrespectively smaller in diameter than and disposed within the circle ofthe disks 28, 29, combined with the hand setting-levers, thepinion-Wheels connected with the said disks, means intermediate saidhand-levers and said pinion-wheels for rotating the said wheels andtheir said disks from said hand-levers, the inclosing casing having thewindow-opening for the indication, means for elevating said disks, afterthey have been rotated by said hand-levers, to said window-opening toexpose the indication, means for supporting said disks in theirthus-elevated position, and means connected with said hand-levers forWithdrawing said supporting means from said disks on the movement of anyone of said setting-levers so as to allow said disks to descend;substantially as set forth.

4. In a cash-register, the rotary indicating cylinders or drums 23, 24,and 25, 26, bearing upon their periphery the numerals from to 9inclusive, and the rotary indicatingdisks 27, 28, and 29, 30, hearingnumerals from 0 to 9 inclusive, the said disks 27, 28, being for unitsof cents and tens of cents and disposed in line with and at right anglesto the units-of-dollars and tens-of-dollars cylinders or drums 25, 26,and the said disks 29, 30, being for units of dollars and tens ofdollars and disposed in line with and at right angles to thennits-of-cents and tens-of-cents cylinders or drums 23, 24,'combinedwith the hand setting-levers 21, and means intermediate said levers andsaid cylinders or drums and disks, whereby the movement of said leverswill rotate said cylinders or drums and said disks; substantially as setforth.

5. In a cash-register, the rotary indicating cylinders or drums 23, 24,and 25, 26, bearing upon their periphery the numerals from O to 9inclusive, and the rotary indicatingdisks 27, 28, and 29, 30, hearingnumerals from O to 9 inclusive, the said disks 27, 28, being for unitsof cents and tens of cents and disposed in line with and at right anglesto the units-of-dollars and tens-of-dollars cylinders or drums 25, 26,and the said disks 29,

30, being for units of dollars and tens of dollars and disposed in linewith and at right angles to the units-of-ceuts and tens-of-centscylinders or drums 23, 24, combined with the hand setting-levers 21, thepinion-wheels connected with said cylinders or drums and said disks, therack-bars in mesh with said pinions for rotating the same and saidcylinders or drums and disks, and means connecting said hand-levers withsaid rack-bars in pairs, whereby on the movement of any one of said handsetting-levers 21, two of said rack-bars will be moved to rotate onecylinder or drum and one disk; substantially as set forth.

6. In a cash-register, the rotary indicating cylinders ordrums 23,24,and 25, 26, bearing upon their periphery the numerals from 0 to 9inclusive, and the rotary indicating disks 27, 28, and 29, 30, bearingnumerals from 0 to 9 inclusive, the saiddisks 27, 28, being for units ofcents and tens of cents and disposed in line with and at right angles tothe units-of-dollars and tens-ofdollars cylinders or drums 25, 26, andthe said disks 29, 30, being for units of dollars and tens of dollarsand disposed in line with and at right angles to the units-of-cents andtens-of-cents cylinders or drums 23, 24, combined with the handsetting-levers 21, the pinion-wheels connected with said cylinders ordrums and said disks, the rack-bars in mesh with said pinionwheels forrotating the same and said cylinders or drums and disks,the series ofleverarms 52, 53, 54 and 55 disposed at the rear portion of the machinebelow the said indicating devices, means respectively connecting thesaid hand-levers with one end of said levers 52, 53, 54 and 55, meansconnecting the rack-bars for said cylinders or drums with saidhand-levers, and means respectively connecting the rack-bars for saidindicating-disks with the other end of said levers 52, 53, 54 and 55,whereby upon the movement of any one of said hand-levers 21, tworack-bars will be moved, one for rotating one of the cylinders or drumsand the other for rotating one of the said disks; substantially as setforth.

7. In a cash-register, the rotary indicating disks 27, 28, and 29, 30,each bearing numerals from O to 9 inclusive in line of a circle alongthe outer portions of its face, and said disks 27 and 30 being smallerin diameter than and disposed within the circle of the disks 28, 29,combined with the rotary indicating cylinders or drums 23, 24 and 25,26,each bearing numerals from 0 to 9 inclusive on its periphery, the seriesof hand setting-levers 21, and means intermediate said levers and saidcylinders or drums and said disks, whereby on the movement of any one ofsaid levers one of the said cylinders or drums and one of said diskswill be rotated 5 substantially as set forth.

8. In a cash-register, the rotary indicating TIO disks 27, 28, and 29,30, each bearing numer- 25, 26, each bearing numerals from O to 9inclusive, combined with the hand setting-levers 21 and meansintermediate said levers and said cylinders or drums and disks, wherebyon the movement of any one of said levers one of said cylinders or drumsand one of said disks will be correspondingly rotated so as to indicateat the front and rear sides ofthe register simultaneously, with thenumerals in position to be read from left to right; substantially as setforth.

9. In a cash-register, the casing having the front and rearwindow-0penings, the rotary indicating-disks 27, 28, and 29, 30, eachbearing" numerals from O to 9 inclusive, the rotary cylinders or drumseaclrbearing' numerals from O to 9 inclusive on its periphery, and thevertically-movable frame supporting said cylinders or drums and saiddisks, combined with the hand setting-levers 21, means intermediate thesame and said cylinders or drums and disks for rotating the latter fromsaid hand-levers, the operating crank-handle 20, the driving-shaft 10receiving saidhandle, and means intermediate said shaft and the framesupporting the indicating devices for elevating said indicating devicesto said Window-openings on the movement of said crank-handle3substantially as set forth.

10. In a cash-register, the casing having the front and rearwindow-openings, the rotary indicating-disks 27, 28, and 29, 30, eachhearing' numerals from O to 9 inclusive, the rotary cylinders or drumseach bearing; numerals from O to inclusive on its periphery, and thevertically-movable frame supporting said cylinders or drums and saiddisks, combined with the hand settingdevers 21, means intermediate thesame and said cylinders or drums and disks for rotating the latter fromsaid hand'levers, the operating crank-handle 20, the driving-shaft 1E)receiving said handle, means intermediate said shaft and the framesupporting the indicating devices for elevating said indicating devicesto said Window-openings on the movement of said crank-handle; the dogfor supporting the said indicating devices in their elevated position,and means for releasing said supporting-dog from said indicating deviceson the movement of any one of said setting-levers 2i; substantially asset forth.

Signed at New York, in the county and State of New York, this 17th dayof September, 1900.

HARVEY GILES. JOHN G. FLEMING.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, GUNDER GUNDnnsoN.

